Robert T. Paige
Member
There has been another thread on "The Fascination of the Titanic". This is also true of the movie.
No doubt the producers, directors , actors and all the persons concerned would have never realized that the movie would be viewed on VHS and DVD nearly fifty years later...and especially viewed over and over in the comfort of the homes of a vast number of "nitpickers !"
Notice the details, such as the lavish sets of the Dining Saloon, Marconi Room, Boat Deck , et cetera, et cetera and so forth.
Even the "extras" did their parts very well. For example, in the Third Class scene, it's more of a scene of people having a good time rather than acting out their parts. Notice the persons in the background...some enthusiastic, others passive...
In the First Class Dining Saloon persons in the background are going about, each in their own particular way...the chef at the carving table going about his business quite oblivious of the actions of Molly Brown.
In short, it's not only the sets and technical aspects, but also the people that make this truly
"A Movie To Remember".
One nit-picking question: Was the bridge on the Californian actually as open to the weather as it was shown ? It seems this would have been rather primitive, even for 1912 ? Maybe so ?
Was that the way "it really was ?"...or was there an enclosed area for steering in foul weather ?
Does anyone know what that chart that appears on the wall of the Marconi Rooms was ? It is show (not too well in focus to really examine) in the Marconi Rooms of Titanic, Californian and Carpathia. Seems to be some kind of a graph. Maybe a propagation chart ?
No doubt the producers, directors , actors and all the persons concerned would have never realized that the movie would be viewed on VHS and DVD nearly fifty years later...and especially viewed over and over in the comfort of the homes of a vast number of "nitpickers !"
Notice the details, such as the lavish sets of the Dining Saloon, Marconi Room, Boat Deck , et cetera, et cetera and so forth.
Even the "extras" did their parts very well. For example, in the Third Class scene, it's more of a scene of people having a good time rather than acting out their parts. Notice the persons in the background...some enthusiastic, others passive...
In the First Class Dining Saloon persons in the background are going about, each in their own particular way...the chef at the carving table going about his business quite oblivious of the actions of Molly Brown.
In short, it's not only the sets and technical aspects, but also the people that make this truly
"A Movie To Remember".
One nit-picking question: Was the bridge on the Californian actually as open to the weather as it was shown ? It seems this would have been rather primitive, even for 1912 ? Maybe so ?
Was that the way "it really was ?"...or was there an enclosed area for steering in foul weather ?
Does anyone know what that chart that appears on the wall of the Marconi Rooms was ? It is show (not too well in focus to really examine) in the Marconi Rooms of Titanic, Californian and Carpathia. Seems to be some kind of a graph. Maybe a propagation chart ?